报告：2024年亿万富翁的财富大幅增长
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The Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS) Billionaire Ambitions Report for 2024 said the total number of billionaires worldwide had risen to 2,682 from 2,544 a year earlier.
瑞银集团（UBS）发布的《2024年亿万富翁雄心报告》显示，全球亿万富翁总数已从一年前的2544人增至2682人。
Their worth increased to $14 trillion from $12 trillion.
他们的价值从12万亿美元增长到了14万亿美元。
In 2015, their total wealth stood at $6.3 trillion.
2015年，他们的财富总额为6.3万亿美元。
The World Bank says that the world’s population was just over 8 billion, and its gross domestic product, or GDP, was about $105.4 trillion last year.
世界银行表示，去年全球人口刚刚超过80亿，其国内生产总值（GDP）约为105.4万亿美元。
GDP is a measure of all the goods and services produced in a year.
GDP是衡量一年内生产的所有商品和服务的指标。
This shows that a very small group of people holds about 13 percent of the world’s GDP.
这表明，一小部分人掌握了全球约13%的GDP。
Self-made billionaires
白手起家的亿万富翁
The UBS report for 2023 showed that new billionaires gained more wealth through inheritance than through entrepreneurship.
瑞银2023年的报告显示，新晋亿万富翁通过继承获得的财富超过了通过创业获得的财富。
But most of the year's new billionaires were self-made.
但今年新增的亿万富翁大多是白手起家。
The 2024 report was based on a study of billionaires between June and September and wealth data on the super-rich.
2024年的报告基于6月至9月期间对亿万富翁的研究以及有关超级富豪的财富数据。
It showed the risk of international conflict and inflation were their main worries.
调查显示，国际冲突和通货膨胀的风险是他们主要的担忧。
The study also showed that most billionaires see North America as offering the best investment returns over the next year.
研究还显示，大多数亿万富翁认为北美在未来一年将提供最佳的投资回报。
In the United States, the number of billionaires jumped to 835 from 751, led by industrial and tech entrepreneurs, with their total wealth climbing to $5.8 trillion from $4.6 trillion.
在美国，亿万富翁的人数从751人跃升至835人，以工业和科技企业家为首，他们的总财富从4.6万亿美元攀升至5.8万亿美元。
Wealth in China drops
中国的财富减少
In mainland China, the number of billionaires dropped to 427 from 520, and their wealth to $1.4 trillion from $1.8 trillion.
在中国大陆，亿万富翁的人数从520人降至427人，其财富从1.8万亿美元降至1.4万亿美元。
In 2021, there were 626 in mainland China, together worth more than $2.5 trillion, the UBS figures for that year said.
瑞银2021年的数据显示，当年中国大陆共有626位亿万富豪，财富总额超过2.5万亿美元。
Benjamin Cavalli of UBS said the decrease was from losses in real estate markets in China.
瑞银的Benjamin Cavalli表示，这一下降源于中国房地产市场的亏损。
There was also a drop in the value of businesses owned by some of China's wealthiest in an undependable economic period.
在经济形势不稳定的时期，中国一些最富有的人所拥有的企业价值也出现了下跌。
India, the world’s most populous country, saw its number of billionaires increase during the past year by over a fifth to 185.
印度是全球人口最多的国家，过去一年其亿万富翁人数增加了超过五分之一，达到185人。
Their wealth rose by more than 40 percent to almost $906 billion, UBS said.
瑞银表示，他们的财富增长了40%以上，达到近9060亿美元。
In Western Europe, Switzerland passed Britain to become the country with the second-highest number of billionaires after Germany, increasing its total by 10 to 85.
在西欧，瑞士超过英国，成为亿万富翁人数仅次于德国的国家，总数增加10人，达到85人。
The British total dropped by one to 82, UBS said.
瑞银表示，英国人的总数减少了一位，降至82人。
Germany with 117 (or 8 more), France with 46 (or 12 more), Italy with 62 (or 6 more) and Spain with 27 (or 3 more), all gained billionaires.
德国增加了117位（或8位）亿万富翁，法国增加了46位（或12位），意大利增加了62位（或6位），西班牙增加了27位（或3位）。
The combined wealth of France's billionaires was highest among Europeans.
法国亿万富翁的财富总额在欧洲人中最高。
I’m Caty Weaver.
我是凯蒂·韦弗。
Jill Robbins adapted this story for Learning English from a Reuters report.
吉尔·罗宾斯根据路透社的报道改编了这个故事，供英语学习使用。
